Re: backup and archive

> > >Area: comp.databases.informix >From: curtis@pencom.com (Curtis Preston) >Date: 6 Feb 1997 06:35:24 GMT >Reply-To: curtis@pencom.com > > >In article <32F219CB.7446@transre.com>, From "Juan R. Guzman" ><jguzman@transre.com>, the following was written: >> >>> Curtis Preston writes: >>> >> I know that OFFICIALLY Informix does not support it, but have you >> ever thought of sending your archive logs to disk? It solves all the >>> problems that you're having. I've been doing it for years with >> hundreds of production 24x7 Informix databases. I have also > recovered many of them, and there is no problem sending the archive >>> logs to disk. >> >>> I even have a script that stops and restarts the logs, moving and >>> compressing the old files, every day. It also automatically starts >>> the archive logs upon bootup. Interested? It really doesn't take up > >> that much disk. > I would really appreciate some tips on using the logs to disk technique or if possible some example scripts, we maintain a lot of informix DB's and your resoning sounds good to me. ___ * UniQWK v4.2 * The Windows Mail Reader '[1;35;40m-=> Delphi Internet Jet v3.012 - (C) PBE